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"This first encyclopedia covers all the big topics for little learners, including science, history, space, and the natural world. Explore deep underground and high in the sky, travel the globe on ships and trains, and find out about dinosaurs, plants and animals, the human body, and much, much more. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Very First Encyclopedia features vibrant photography alongside more than 250 timeless illustrations from the World of Eric...
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Demonstrates sign language phrases for various topics, including health, family, school, sports, travel, religion, time, money, and food.
"Clearly illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, this book focuses on areas such as health, family, school, sports, travel, religion, time, money, food and drink, and small talk. This edition includes a two-hour DVD that presents right-and left-handed signers demonstrating every phrase in the book from chapter...
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"Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. Have you ever tried to define the word "is?" Do you have strong feelings about the word (and, yes, it is a word) "irregardless?" Did you know that OMG was first used in 1917, in a letter to Winston Churchill? These are the questions that keep lexicographers up at night. While most of us might take dictionaries for...
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"The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and...
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Presents illustrated profiles of fantasy beings from folklore, fables, and legends, including elves, fairies, nymphs, spirits, dragons, yeti, mermaids, witches, wizards, vampires, genies, ghosts, and others, and includes a geographical list of creatures, lists of representative books and films, and a glossary.
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The first bilingual French dictionary to be compiled entirely from electronic databases of current language, providing the most recent vocabulary for both French and English, as well as a new encyclopedic supplement on French society and culture, including famous places, regions, acronyms, institutions, film, politics, and more. Provides comprehensive coverage of the general, scientific, and technical vocabulary of contemporary French and English,...
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Many Historians Claim The sideshow began with P. T. Barnum, yet the concept has existed for as long as there has been human curiosity. When something different or unusual appears before you-living or inanimate-you're intrigued, amazed, or maybe even disgusted. But you want to see it.
If you're walking down a street and you see a little person, you look. You don't blatantly stare or gawk-no, you follow the societal rules of proper conduct and sneak...